Internet

After Congress revokes Internet privacy rules, downloads double of VPN-equipped Opera browser

Implies boost in downloads and new users stem from privacy anxieties; but third-party metrics don't show increased U.S. activity for Opera

Facebook appeal over New York search warrants fails

The 381 warrants for information on user accounts were coupled with gag orders

Politicians’ web browsing history targeted after privacy vote

Privacy advocates raise money in an attempt to buy the browsing history of Republicans who voted to kill privacy rules for ISPs

Web inventor Berners-Lee adds Turing Award to prize collection

Berners-Lee earns $1M "Nobel Prize of Computing"

Speed up slow web pages with this simple trick

Scientists say this counter-intuitive idea will speed up the loading of web pages: increase the size of images and text

Star pitcher willing to join IT team

WikiLeaks’ Assange gets relief from left victory in Ecuador

The opposition candidate had promised to evict Assange from Ecuador’s U.K. embassy

White House to issue commemorative solar eclipse safety glasses

Tech giants join effort to save legal services for the poor from Trump budget ax

Privacy activist wants to unveil lawmakers’ browser histories

GoFundMe campaign focused on fighting back at Internet privacy changes